Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	40% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110715
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 17:39
Run Duration	435 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 356 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 9.78 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.6 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2068 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 70 52 206159478814	40% Average	Read 416 Write 72.1 Mixed 129 44% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 4.51 51% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 30.6 DQ Mixed 20.2 36% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 83%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 454 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1045 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.6% Good	Read 110 Write 129 Mixed 100 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 160GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 167 4500 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 131719 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 71.2 Write 96.4 Mixed 43.1 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 124GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 162 159 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 132537 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.9% Good	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 3.03 56% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 67%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 32GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 7GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 83.4 Write 62.5 Mixed 65.3 87% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.24 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 2.57 237% 4.48 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G 2x4GB 502 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 53%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	486x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	422x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	103x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16